{"id":23557,"date":"2015-11-25T13:53:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T18:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=23557"},"modified":"2015-11-25T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T19:07:20","slug":"same-sex-marriage-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/same-sex-marriage-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Same-sex marriage vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It’s not a foregone conclusion.<\/p>\n

As much as some quarters would have everyone believe, there\u2019s no telling how the 2016 General Synod will act on a motion to change the church\u2019s law so that clergy can marry same-sex couples.<\/p>\n

The answer will come in about nine months, when the church\u2019s governing body gathers for its triennial meeting in Toronto. But right now, there\u2019s work to be done, if the church hopes to arrive at a faithful and principled decision about this weighty matter.<\/p>\n

In 2013, General Synod passed Resolution C003, which asked Council of General Synod (CoGS) to draft a motion \u201cto change Canon XXI on marriage to allow the marriage of same-sex couples in the same way as opposite-sex couples.\u201d It also asked for supporting documentation that: \u00a0demonstrates broad consultation about the motion; explains how this motion does not contravene the Solemn Declaration; confirms immunity under civil law and the Human Rights Code for bishops, dioceses and priests who refuse to participate or authorize the marriage of same-sex couples on the basis on conscience; and provides a biblical and theological rationale for this change in teaching on the nature of Christian marriage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Considering the report is focussed almost exclusively on legitimising same-sex marriage no matter what 2000 years of Biblical understanding and tradition have to say on the matter, and considering that most conservatives have already abandoned the Anglican Church of Canada, I should think passing the motion is<\/em> a forgone conclusion. We shall see.<\/p>\n

Any ACoC priest planning on exercising the conscience clause who takes comfort in the report\u2019s claim that he would be immune from civil prosecution is living in a fantasy world.<\/p>\n

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Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, acknowledged that it would be a challenge to ensure that when they arrive at General Synod, delegates would have read the report so that they can join discussions in an informed and meaningful way. And, one might add, so they can vote confidently and independently.<\/div>\n
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I expect Hiltz is right: delegates won’t read the report – why bother to wade through the mire when the results are a forgone conclusion.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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